Bottle thread answer doubt

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I'm trying to follow the following answer from the site: How to model the bottle threads?

I could do almost everything, but when I have to do the (spiral) loop cut the program doesn't allow me and I don't know why and in the answer there is no clarification of how it's done.

Additional info: Before I remove the screw (even after doing the knife intersect) I can do the spiral loop ring as the picture shows. When I delete it I cannot do the spiral loop cut nor select the linked objects all the spiral with CTRL+L and I have to do it manually.

Did you do the Intersect(knife) step? find it in Ctrl-F menu. — sambler, Sep 26 '18 at 06:00
Hi! Yes, I did the Intersect (knife) step, but when I select the rectangle and press Ctrl+R, it doesn't display the spiral — Augusto Bonelli Toro, Sep 26 '18 at 14:42

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 27 '18 at 06:07

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I tried it myself. The problem is that not all of the vertices line up perfectly, so you end up with some rogue unwelded verts, like so:

See those little evil guys?

To fix it, select all verts and choose Mesh->Vertices->Remove Doubles. Then adjust the threshold until they all nicely merge.

Once all the verts are properly welded your spiral select will work.

answered Sep 27 '18 at 06:07

Dale Cieslak

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Indeed that was the problem! Do you know why these ghost vertex appear? – Augusto Bonelli Toro Sep 27 '18 at 19:09
I think that the geometry of the spiral doesn't line up exactly perfect, even if it looks like it does, so the intersection cut adds extra vertices. – Dale Cieslak Sep 28 '18 at 03:44

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